Beaumont, California City of Beaumont Location in Riverside County and the state of California Location in Riverside County and the state of California City of Beaumont is positioned in California City of Beaumont - City of Beaumont Beaumont is a town/city in Riverside County, California, United States positioned at a half mile altitude in the pass region south of Southern California's highest peak, San Gorgonio Mountain, and north of San Jacinto Peak.
Beaumont is bordered on the east by the town/city of Banning, on the south by the town/city of San Jacinto, on the west by the town/city of Calimesa, and on the north by the unincorporated improve of Cherry Valley.
A postcard of an early Beaumont luxury hotel sitting inside small-town plant life typical of the region The Smith Ranch in Beaumont was purchased in 1884.
During the early 1850s, many surveying parties passed through the vicinity of present-day Beaumont in search of a pass that would connect the east to the Pacific Ocean.
By the early 1860s, the Southern Pacific Railroad had laid tracks through the modern-day locale of Beaumont.
The sleepy town of San Gorgonio became an incorporated Californian town/city on November 18, 1912, and adopted its current name of Beaumont (French for "beautiful mountain").
The city, one of Riverside County's biggest apple growers, was dubbed "the territory of the big red apple" by small-town inhabitants in its early years.
Beaumont saw a rise in visitors and inhabitants as the little-known close-by city of Palm Springs to the east interval to turn into a highly prominent resort spot in the 1930s and after; Beaumont followed suit and attempted to capitalize on the tourism by establishing guest ranches.
According to an early 1930s/1940s postcard, the Highland Springs Guest Ranch of Beaumont offered its patrons horseback riding, tennis, archery, horseshoes, swimming, shuffle-board, ping pong, baseball, ballroom dancing, massage, basketball, as well as a place to spend the evening.
Since 2000, with Beaumont's close adjacency to Los Angeles, various Southern California inhabitants flocked to the San Gorgonio Pass region for its low housing cost, causing a 20% jump in the city's population, making it the quickest burgeoning city in the state. This has concerned many small-town residents, who cite increasing student populace in schools, rising demand on the waterworks, and increasing traffic in and out of the town/city on Interstate 10 in both directions.
A 2008 study by the Public Policy Institute of California noted that Beaumont and its encircling communities in the San Jacinto Valley have registered the highest populace growth throughout the widespread Riverside County and the region is projected to increase by 4.5% a year to 310,000 by 2015. Beaumont is host to many new master-planned communities.
Beaumont also boasts a new Walgreens, Rite-Aid, and a Stater Bros.
For 90 years, Beaumont has hosted the Annual Cherry Festival.
In May 2016, prosecutors announced that they were charging almost all of Beaumont's former government leadership with corruption they said had been going on for three decades.
Seven former officials were arrested and charged with stealing nearly $43 million from town/city coffers. Former City Manager Alan Kapanicas, former Economic Development Director David William Dillon, former Public Works Director Deepak Moorjani, former Planning Director Ernest Alois Egger, former Finance Director William Kevin Aylward, former City Atty.
The criminal probe began in April 2015 when investigators with the Riverside County precinct attorney's office and the FBI raided City Hall and seized records, computers and other items. Beaumont's neighboring town/city to the east is Banning and Calimesa to the west.
With an altitude of 2,500-3,000 feet above sea level, Beaumont is at the peak on the San Gorgonio Pass between San Bernardino, CA and Palm Springs, CA neighboring the California Interstate 10 and California State Route 60 freeways.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 30.9 square miles (80 km2), of which, 99.96% of it is territory and 0.04% is water.
Beaumont reaches an average of up to 95 degrees high Fahrenheit amid the summer and 52 degrees low Fahrenheit amid the winter.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Beaumont has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csa" on climate maps. Beaumont's slightly cooler temperatures and less smoggy air, compared to its neighboring lower-elevation cities, makes it an attractive, desirable region for evolution in the Inland Empire (California) region.
However, it is one of the windiest metros/cities in Southern California, along with San Bernardino, Fontana and Victorville.
Climate data for Beaumont, California.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Beaumont had a populace of 36,877.
The Enumeration reported that 36,403 citizens (98.7% of the population) lived in homeholds, 263 (0.7%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 211 (0.6%) were institutionalized.
There were 11,801 homeholds, out of which 5,341 (45.3%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 7,152 (60.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,452 (12.3%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 708 (6.0%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 11,121 citizens (30.2%) under the age of 18, 2,904 citizens (7.9%) aged 18 to 24, 11,058 citizens (30.0%) aged 25 to 44, 7,905 citizens (21.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 3,889 citizens (10.5%) who were 65 years of age or older.
26,871 citizens (72.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 9,532 citizens (25.8%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Beaumont had a median homehold income of $67,758, with 11.2% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 11,384 citizens , 3,881 homeholds, and 2,782 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 33.0% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 29.1% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
In the California State Legislature, Beaumont is in the 23rd Senate District, represented by Republican Mike Morrell, and in the 42nd Assembly District, represented by Republican Chad Mayes. In the United States House of Representatives, Beaumont is in California's 36th congressional district, as a result of redistricting in 2012.
In 2014, Democrat Raul Ruiz defeated Republican Brian Nestande 54.2 percent to 45.8 percent. Prior to the 2012 General Election, Beaumont was in District 41, represented by Republican Jerry Lewis.
The Beaumont Unified School District has schools in its town/city and in Cherry Valley.
High schools: Beaumont, Glen View (continuation).
Beaumont Civic Center The California Highway Patrol has a county-wide office on the Beaumont side of Highland Springs Avenue (its jurisdiction goes from Calimesa to the west to Desert Hot Springs to the east, as well as Hemet and San Jacinto to the south).
Law enforcement is provided by the Beaumont police department.
The town/city of Beaumont contracts for fire and paramedic services with the Riverside County Fire Department through a cooperative agreement with Cal-Fire.
Station 66 of the City of Beaumont Fire Services maintains: Two type 1 engines and One rescue squad The Beaumont Library District, a California special district, autonomous of both town/city and county government, provides library services to Beaumont and Cherry Valley.
Mountain View Cemetery (also known as the Beaumont Cemetery) was established as the Beaumont Public Cemetery District in 1927. It began as a family cemetery for the Osburn family in 1843 and is now directed by the Summit Cemetery District. The precinct also operates the Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery which was advanced from territory donated to the town/city in 1888. Former actor Brion James also used to reside in Beaumont.
Professional Wrestler George Wagner, known as "Gorgeous George" had a 195-acre (0.79 km2) turkey ranch in Beaumont, CA in the late 1950s to early 1960s. The 1995 movie How to Make an American Quilt filmed many of its driving scenes through Beaumont.
Today the town is home to many antique store establishments dating back a several decades, including the Nettie and Alice Museum of Hobbies and the modern-day Beaumont Antique Mall. A several episodes of the TV show "My Name is Earl" were filmed in Beaumont, as well as many of the show's opening scenes; the liquor store where he buys the winning lotto ticket, the car wash, and the scene where Earl gets hit by a car were all filmed near the intersection of 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. "California Cities by Incorporation Date".
"Beaumont (city) Quick - Facts".
"History of Beaumont, California".
Town of Beaumont.
"Ex-Police Chief, City Manager Among 7 Former Top Officials of Beaumont Charged With Corruption".
"Beaumont, stunned by years of alleged corruption, has been 'turned upside down'".
"DA: Former Beaumont officials siphoned $43 million".
"7 former top officials of Beaumont charged with corruption".
Climate Summary for Beaumont, California "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Beaumont city".
Mountain View Cemetery (aka Beaumont Cemetery) Find A Grave Beaumont, California at Find a Grave Summit Cemetery District -- Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery Beaumont.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Beaumont.
Beaumont Unified School District web site Municipalities and communities of Riverside County, California, United States
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